
Nanette Fabray
Department: Acting
Biography
Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical-theatre actress during the 1940s and 1950s, acclaimed for her role in High Button Shoes (1947) and winning a Tony Award in 1949 for her performance in Love Life.
Known For

The Band Wagon
1953

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

The Monroe Doctrine
1939

Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970

Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966

Amy
1981

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000

A Child is Born
1939

Magic Carpet
1972

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
1979

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005

Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966

Teresa's Tattoo
1994

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

The Happy Ending
1969

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015

That's Entertainment! III
1994

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
1974

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000

George M!
1970

Personal Exemptions
1989

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012

Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
2005

The Couple Takes a Wife
1972

The Subterraneans
1960

But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009

Animal Catchers
1927

The Family Nobody Wanted
1956

Burke's Law
1963

The Love Boat
1977

One Day at a Time
1975

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Hotel
1982

The Golden Palace
1992

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The Hollywood Palace
1964

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

Your Show of Shows
1950

All Star Secrets
1979

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956

Laramie
1959

Aloha Paradise
1981

The Steve Allen Show
1956

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970

Westinghouse Playhouse
1961

Startime
1959

Love, American Style
1969

Burke's Law
1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Carol Burnett Show
1967

The Carol Burnett Show
1967

The Carol Burnett Show
1967

The Love Boat
1977

The Love Boat
1977

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Dinah!
1974

What's My Line?
1950

Coach
1989

Coach
1989

Great Performances
1971

Love, American Style
1969

Love, American Style
1969

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

Hotel
1982

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956